Midvash

אָסַרʼâçar

tie, bind, imprison

Pronunciation: aw-sar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H631

Meanings

Qal: construct, active (Job 36:13; Numbers 30:5; 1 Kings 20:14)

1. tie, bind (Genesis 49:11; 2 Kings 7:10; Psalms 118:27)

2. tie, harness (1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 6:10; Hosea 10:10)

3. bind (Genesis 42:24; Judges 15:10; Judges 15:12)

4. gird (Job 12:18; Nehemiah 4:12)

5. begin the battle, make the attack, mit jemandem anbinden (1 Kings 20:14; 2 Chronicles 13:3)

6. figurative of obligation of oath or vow (Numbers 30:1-200; Numbers 30:3; Numbers 30:5)

Niph`al: be, bound, imprisoned, passive of Qal 3 (Genesis 42:19; Judges 16:6; Judges 16:10)

Pu`al: be taken prisoner (Isaiah 22:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 72 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 39:20 So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king’s prisoners were held, and there he remained.
  • Genesis 40:3 and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.
  • Genesis 40:5 While they were in prison, Pharaoh’s cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.
  • Genesis 42:16 One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don’t have a younger brother, then I’ll know you are spies.”
  • Genesis 42:19 If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families.
  • Genesis 42:24 Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them again. Then he chose Simeon from among them and had him tied up right before their eyes.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).